Severe convective storms, flash floods and global warming in Pennsylvania

Weather

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-25

  Yarnal, Brent ^a   Frakes, Brent ^a   Bowles, Ian ^a   Johnson, Dennis ^a   Pascale, Peter ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0003268858     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1999.tb06416.x     Document Type: Article

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